Mary Cover Jones
What type of psychologist is Mary Cover Jones?
Behavioral Psychology
What is exposure therapy?
Descensitizing a person to things that they fear of avoid
What is family therapy?
Therapy that treats people in the context of their family system.
What does Aversive Therapy aim to do?
Create a negative association with an unwanted behavior
What type of therapy did Mary Cover Jones Create?
Exposure Therapy
What are two types of exposure therapy?
- Systematic desensitization
-virtual reality exposure therapy
What is a benefit of Family Therapy?
It helps develop an understanding of family and other social systems.
What is a downside to Aversive Conditioning?
The behavior often comes back after the negative stimulus is removed
What experiment did Mary Cover Jones conduct to define her respective therapy?
She worked with 3-year-old Peter who was afraid of rabbits, and to rid him of his fear she associated Rabbits with pleasurable responses such as eating.
What are some things that Virtual reality exposure therapy has experimentally treated?
- Fear of flying
-Heights
- Particular animals
- Fear of public speaking